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When Bridget Johnson lived in Evanston’s 5th ward in the ‘90s, all her neighbors were Black. Now, Johnson says the area is “totally different.” “Gentrification is happening over there,” Johnson said. “Black people are getting moved out of there. I very rarely saw White people over there, and it is so many right now.” Evanston’s Housing and Community Development Committee approved Housing4All on May 11. The plan aims to preserve affordable housing, create new housing units and

In this Trump administration Black journalists have been a target. For professor Ava Thompson Greenwell, she says this has happened before. “Yes, there are other people who are targeted also, but I think the most prominent ones that we've seen in the last decade have been black,” said Greenwell. “So you have to ask yourself, why is that?” Two independent journalists, Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, were indicted on charges of interfering with religious services at the Cities Chur

“Dancing in the Rain,” an exhibit curated by Dittmar Gallery Assistant & Technician Gabby Gutierrez, opens today in the cozy exhibition room located in Norris, right next to Shake Smart. It is marked by an opening ceremony where Williams will once again introduce a crowd of Northwestern community members to his art.

“All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you. The only lasting truth is change. God is change. Reparations are change,” town hall facilitator Dr. Marcus Hunter said, opening the event with a tribute to Octavia Butler’s 1993 novel Parable of the Sower.

In its May 2003 issue, BlackBoard published a review of Assata: An Autobiography, written by then-junior Sonia Nelson. In tribute to Assata's death, BlackBoard’s Editor-in-Chief Atarah Israel revisits the book 22 years later.

As I write this column now, right on the heels of Kamala Harris’ loss of the 2024 presidential run, the country appears to be at yet another precipice, with the stakes seeming even more dire than 2016. As we wring our hands and point fingers about how we’ve gotten to this point, the results of this election—as it is for most of the decisions made by this country—will have ripple effects worldwide.